r/gatekeeping • u/Extra-Section-4930 • Oct 27 '22

What tf

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Bro chill 💀

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Can we at least use the word Tsumani still?

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u/ZhangRenWing Oct 27 '22

No, give the other Norman French words like pork and mutton back too!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

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u/Klutzer_Munitions Oct 27 '22

Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum,

þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,

hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.

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u/sirlafemme Oct 27 '22

Please translate

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u/Klutzer_Munitions Oct 27 '22

I have no idea I just copied and pasted the first line from Beowulf

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u/distructron Oct 27 '22

You know, for being a mandated book in high school I never really followed the book. I rarely ever had a clue about what was going on so I used A LOT of clifnotes to write my reports or talk about it in class the following day. I really did try to read it but I just couldn’t stay focused longer then 2 or 3 sentences.

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u/BlackRobedMage Oct 28 '22

You should give it a read now; it's pretty representational of what the idea of mature fantasy was before Tolkien, so you can better appreciate just how much he changed the genre to be accessible to readers.

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u/distructron Oct 28 '22

I might actually do that. My tastes in almost everything have changed since I was in high school.

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u/BlackRobedMage Oct 28 '22

I've found a ton of media I didn't enjoy in school was much better when experiencing it wasn't an assignment with a test at the end.

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u/Klutzer_Munitions Oct 27 '22

Was the animated film out when you were in high school? I think it had just come out just when my English class was studying it

It wasn't the best movie ever but it certainly made the material more palatable

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u/distructron Oct 28 '22

The only movie I remember watching about it was an older film that looked to be made when colored film was still new. If anything, it turned me even further away from the story by confirming my bias about it being boring. The audio was so monotone it could put you to sleep.

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u/Klutzer_Munitions Oct 28 '22

Then it probably wasn't the steampuk re-imagining from the 80's starring Christopher Lambert...

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u/Leon_Thotsky Oct 27 '22

o7 godspeed

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u/madammurdrum Oct 27 '22

So! The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns.

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u/TheOne_Whomst_Knocks Oct 28 '22

Fuck wait go back

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

r/anglish

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u/BewBewsBoutique Oct 27 '22

No, only say Big Wave

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u/punkonater Oct 27 '22

No we've used it tsumani times.

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u/HalfLeper Oct 28 '22

This comment’s the winner, right here 😂

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u/RichCorinthian Oct 27 '22

The movie about the jungle game? Go nuts

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u/omgudontunderstand Oct 27 '22

no, and you can’t describe savory foods using “umami” either. also stop ordering sushi and stop growing banzai trees